Friday, 22 September 2017

65th Birthday Card

I had a male birthday card to make, didn't particularly want to use High Tide or Nailed It (retired) so where to go for inspiration? ..... Pinterest! I liked the style of a few cards, so combined them all and created this card using elements from four stamp sets - Number of Years, Colourful Seasons, Happy Birthday Gorgeous .... and yes, a little bit of High Tide!

I started by masking off the edges of a piece of Whisper White card and gently sponging a variety of blues and pinks.
I then added the sandy area and grasses.
This was followed by the autumnal leaves, the numbers and text stamps.
Lastly I added the adironak chairs. I've owned a pink one myself for a few years which is where I got some of my inspiration (here in the UK retirement age is 65 and I thought the chairs indicated relaxation).

Originally, the card had been all white but once I'd finished, I realised I'd created the card front upside-down! So cut off the front, bringing in a couple of the colours from the stamping and matted on Tangerine Tango before finally using Soft Sky as the card base.

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I'm Karen and I am a craft-a-holic! I have a lot of interests from knitting and sewing to paper-crafting to natural cosmetics etc. If you can make it at home, I'm interested.

My blog is mostly paper-crafting as I am an Independent Stampin Up! demonstrator but I will also share my other passions too from time to time. I love sharing my crafting and have recently started organising workshops and classes.

I'm married to Steve and we have three wonderful grown up children, a lovely son-in-law and a beautifulsoon to be daughter-in-law. We are also the proud grandparents to four grandchildren - three little boys and one little girl who thinks the world should be pink!

I work part time in our local library. When not working I will be found visiting my father, or my daughter and her little ones, or at my craft table. Housework comes a poor second I'm afraid.